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May 2014: Hotel School Update

With
regret Tenby Development Trust has to announce its plans for creating a hotel
school in Tenby have been defeated.

Over the last two years, detailed
discussions have involved the universities of Swansea Metropolitan, then
Cardiff Metropolitan and finally University of Wales Trinity St David and a
considerable effort has been made by members of the Trust, their project
partner Fourcroft Hotel and a number of supporting organisations, not least
Coop Consultants, Pembrokeshire County Council, Collaborative Communities,
Wales Co-operative Centre, Visit Wales and, indeed, the tourism industry
itself.

Trustees are frustrated that the concept
won much support from so many people and organisations, and the independent
feasibility study undertaken endorsed its viability yet it is still unable to
proceed. As a matter of record, the funding was not the problem, merely that
the universities were unable to accommodate the project in their current
strategic plans.

November 2013: New Partner

Tenby Development Trust signed a memorandum of understanding with The University of Wales Trinity St David on the 8th. November 2013.

This replaces the memorandum of understanding with Cardiff Metropolitan University.

March 2013: External Feasibility Study

The consultancy.coop (www.consultancy.coop) has been commissioned to produce an external feasibility study of the Tenby 5 Star Hotel School project.

The remit is to:

independently review key elements of preparatory work done so far by TDT and provide a view that either endorses or challenges the project’s remit

make feasible recommendations as to how the project could be strengthened